Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-08-29
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RlDDLEBeRGsa RsToRTs.
A Vigorous statement Relative to his
Recent emit.

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A Vigorous statement Relative to his
Recent imprisonment.
The Shenandoah Herald publishes q
dlebefger concerning his racept ina
prisonment for ooritempt Of court. He
says: There are within the limits of
this "e%orporatien" two pnlpitIess
preachers. One is named WeIzel, the
other Moore, and both now 1--we in re-.
tirement. For q neighbor these qnon-
dam teachers of charity have one W. w.
Jones, who has been arraiRned several
times for oIenses, the gravity of which
will appear further on. On several oo-
casious l have defended Jones. But.in
each case it was for alleged wrongs done
TO oEe or both of these gentlemen.
Jones is poor, deaf and the last jury said
crazy. Jones lives in q small house sep
arated by q narrow road from an old out
lying field of Moores, which was per-
mitted. When the case was called, Mr..
Riddleberger was sent for, to appear in
behalf OF Jones. Owing to illness, he
begged to be excused, but finally went.
Necessity arose, however, for his leav-
ing the court room, and the Judge APP
PoAAhcu 6cH. WllAidAln " uneASt hb COuu.
sci. On his return, Mi. Riddle
the trial. Neither Wetzei nor
Moore, he evidenced q disposition
to prosecutor; but during another abb
sence OF Mr.. Riddlebarger from the room
a plea Of insanity had been filed and the
states attorney urged it's acceptance.
| Mr.. Riddieberger came back in time to
oppose this scheme, and to demand o
verdict of "not guilty" To pronounce
Jones insane meant to keep him in Jail
without a. prescribed limit. But the
Jury found him o Mr.. Riddleberger
declares that the trial was in violation
OF the usual procedure, being without
the form OF o preliminary examination
before o Justice Of the peace. He insists
that Jones was a victim Of grand Juror
maliee" NJ one having, been willing to
prosecute the fellow until Moore got on
the grand jury. The obnoxious etseet
placard, Mr.. Riddleberger declares o
fair delineator of the oddities, cruelties
and %tyrannies of this monotonous trial"
When he appeared in court to an
swer for contempt, he asked for an in
quiry into the authorship of the placard,
but to no purpose. He was fined and
committed to Jail for five days, to which
five more were added, owing to o distur-
bance at the door.
Mr.. Riddleberger's nephew was sher-
i'll and was not asked by the court
whether the prisoner was attempting to
escape. Once at Jail, MIR, Riddleberger
received much kind attention from the
towns people. The senator continues
Now, as to the matter Of the rescue.
It simply amounts to this: That q num-
Der of young friends, entirely irrespec-
tive of politics, came to the jail and de-
manded that / should do as they Direct
ed. After half an hour or more of con-
ference with Mr.. Shull and others !
thought il best for ell concerned, in.
cluding the judge, to go out. On Mon
day morning / returned Of my own ao-
count. That / WAS examined by she
physioians is not correct. Z have
learned that ell the physieians OF the
town recommended that I shonld not be
confined for q reason they have known
of without examination"